Introduction .................................................................................1
Our past - the old ways ................................................................3
The change ..................................................................................8
The Indian Act - Department of Indian Affairs ............................14
The 1960s ..................................................................................20
Together Today For Our Children Tomorrow .............................24
All one people ............................................................................28
The negotiations ..........................................................................32
Self-government ..........................................................................39
Our future ...................................................................................41
Land tour
"This settlement is for our children, and our children's children, for many generations to come. All our programs and the guarantee we seek in our settlement are to protect them from a repeat of today's problems in the future. You cannot talk to us about a bright new tomorrow when so many of our people are cold, hungry and unemployed. A bright new tomorrow is what we feel we can build when we get a fair and just settlement"
Yukon First Nations people have been engaged in a long, arduous process of negotiating a modern-day treaty. It began as a people's vision 32 years ago, with the sole intent of changing their destiny and working towards a better future.
In 1973, Yukon Indian people presented Together Today For Our Children Tomorrow: A statement of grievances and an approach to settlement to Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau.